Pages

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

The 8th Academic Publishing Conference Europe is just three weeks away, time to decide to take part and make reservations accordingly. The illustrious and distinguished program committee has chosen the motto 'The Funding of Publishing. Changes and Consequences for Science and Society' - the lowest common denominator they could agree on, it shows the handwriting of the publishers group and it doesn't sound dialogical at all. [That's my version, anyway]

My favorite theme would have been, 'Rethinking and Building the new interface between the science community and the public(s)', but you can't always carve it yourself.

The Future of Scholarly Communication: US Efforts to Bring Warring Factions to Common Purpose in Support of ScholarshipJohn Vaughn (AAU - Association of American Universities, Scholarly Publishing Roundtable)

G.J. [IN]This not only the best newsletter in its field (publishing & media), but also one of the best newsletters I read on any subject- ranked on clarity, usefullness and timeliness ... I sincerely hope that you do not close down such a useful business tool.